Suicidal behaviors in teens is not uncommon and most of the time it's associated with mental illness and peer pressure. Teens suicide can be prevented and treated and it's up to parents to keep their child within safe limits. The suicide rate is increasing in some state like California. The number of teenage suicide is also increasing. It's the family's responsibility to get the victim help so that they don't end up in suicide. You should also monitor for their children's activities so that they don't try to commit suicide while no one is watching. On 11.22.2008, on Yahoo News, a boy committed suicide while his web-cam is rolling in front of an audience online. He died over taking sleeping pills on purpose.

The audience was not trying to stop him but rather challenge him to do it. They were even laughing and waiting for him to die. Only a few people notify the administrator. The admin called the police and they came but he was already dead. He was a 19 years old boy who has bipolar. This is a rather unfortunate ending for the innocent kids. I don't think that the forum should have allowed him to do that. They all should have gotten him helped like contacting the moderator. Several weeks ago a teenage boy in California also committed suicide over peer bullying.

He was only 14 years old. I think that parents need to spend more time training their children how to deal with these issues. You should have a conversation about peer pressure and about interpersonal problems with your teenagers because teenagers are far from knowing what to do. I was a teenager once and I can tell you that I was clueless sometimes. It was difficult to go to college or High School not knowing how to deal with those things because teenagers don't sit down and read self-help book. They have never heard of how to deal with peer pressure and they don't really train you how to do that at school either. Children are just innocent creatures that haven't took one psychology class yet. It's the parent's responsibility to get this across to their teenagers until it's too late.

The parent in the 19 years old case didn't monitor his computer usage. He allowed the kid to be playing with the webcam and be pressured by the live audience. I think the Internet is a great thing but it could also be very unstable place for teenagers because they don't know what they're doing. In this case the boy is a bipolar patient too. Bipolar patient tend to be suicidal and having him using the webcam and all of that is not a good idea. Bipolar patient is actually someone that need to be monitor closely so that they don't do harmful things because they tend to do unsafe things.

You can get your child psychological therapy or medical treatment if they seem to have mental illness. You shouldn't allow it to continue because it can get worse. You have to make sure that they are taking their medication at all time and that you would supervise their activities. Parents of teenagers should have a session with their kids about teen pressure. It doesn't take too much just to sit down and talk with your child about how to deal with peer pressure. Peer pressure can be very tough for High School kids. High School should also have some of these sessions at the school meeting to raise awareness about peer pressure. Teen suicide is not uncommon and it's more so with mentally ill teens. It's the family responsibility to ensure that their children are counsel about suicide issues and also prevent them in their kids.